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The recent visit to Tehran by China’s defence minister, Chang Wanquan, is the latest indicator of increasing defence and intelligence cooperation between Iran and China, as each country’s strategic, economic, and geopolitical goals align in Eurasia as well as the Middle East. Iran is thought to be interested in acquiring …

In this interview series, SpaceWatch Middle East is taking a closer look at outstanding SatCom solutions and innovations. In this exclusive interview, SpaceWatch Middle East’s Helen Jameson speaks to Evert Bopp, Founder & CEO  of Disaster Tech Lab. Have you ever thought about how communications change the lives of people …

Globalstar Europe Satellite Services Ltd has announced three contract wins in the North African oil industry. These new customers have chosen to deploy iVMS (Integrated Vehicle Monitoring System) from Tunisian Globalstar partner, Virtual Mobile Data (VMD). iVMS switches seamlessly between Globalstar’s simplex satellite network and the land-based GSM/GPRS network to …

Intelsat S.A., operator of the world’s first Globalized Network, powered by its leading satellite backbone, announced that Telecom Egypt reaffirmed its commitment to Intelsat satellite solutions to support communications services in the country Under a multi-year agreement, Telecom Egypt, the country’s incumbent telecommunications operator and the largest communication network in …

Leading mobile satellite services (MSS) operator Thuraya Telecommunications Company has joined the LoRa Alliance™, supporting its mission to standardize Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs) deployed around the world. The LoRa Alliance was launched in 2015 to define and promote a low power, secure, carrier grade standard for low power …

Telecoms Sans Frontieres has deployed Internet via VSAT for the humanitarian community in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq, despite the fumes of burning oil fields surrounding Mosul and violent combats just a few miles away. Qayyarah is situated some 40 miles away from the city of Mosul, where combats continue …

Iran’s latest imaging satellite, Tadbir, is ready to be launched, according to the Rector of the Iran University of Science and Technology, Dr. Mohammad Ali Barkhordari. Dr. Barkhordari told Iranian media that while the Tadbir imaging satellite – built be a team of researchers and engineers at the Iran University …

The election of Donald J. Trump as the United States’ next President has obviously divided opinion in America and around the world, but one possible appointment to the Trump administration that all of us at SpaceWatch Middle East can get behind would be Professor Scott Pace as the next administrator …

On 15 November 2016, Talia Limited announced the start of a strategic partnership with Yahsat, the UAE-based satellite operator. Under the agreement, Talia is committed to capacity on Yahsat’s upcoming Ka-band Al Yah 3 satellite, located at 20°W to be launched in Q1 2017, alongside existing services on Y1B satellite. …

More than 100 participants from all parts of the international space community will gather in Dubai from 20 to 24 November 2016 to identify ways to harness space technology and applications for socio-economic development. The first United Nations/United Arab Emirates High Level Forum on Space as a Driver for Socio-Economic …